Telephone-wire-securing means.



110. 835,801. PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

H. W. RAGSDALE.

TELEPHONE WIRE SECURING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1905.

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Eipecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1908.

Application filed June 19, 1905. Serial No. 265,906-

is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

his invention relates to a wire-fasteningmeans whereby electric service Wires are removably secured to their insulators; and it consists in the securing device hereinafter described in. the-specification and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of this invention is to provide not only a means for removably securing the electric service-wire, but also to provide a ground connection for connecting said servicewire and the end'of the lever oi the fastening to a ground-wire,vvhereby when lightning strikes the service-wire the electric fluid passing toward the securing means will be arrested and grounded. I

l attain these objects by means of the iastening device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is airont view of the device, showing the same secured to a suitable insulator. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of thesame looking in the direction of the arrow a, and Fig. 3 is a plan view. of the same.

The insulator cross-bar 1, preferably oi wood, is secured in the usual way to a supporting telegraph-pole, which cross-bar carries thejinsulators 2, of glass or porcelain, which latter are secured to said bar 1 by wood-screws 3.

The body portion 4 of the clamp is provided with the horizontally-extending arms 5, on the end portions of the bottom edges of which are formed integral the wire-receivin hooks or supporting-hooks 6, which eaten ,outwardly and upwardly or are inclined upwardly from the faces of said arms 5, so that when the service-wire 7 is laced upon said supporting-hooks 6 orr ests t ereon itwili tend to drop toward the root of the supportinghooks 6 and lie against the front surface of the arms 5 and the body i of the device to bridge the space between said supportinghooks, and thereby leave that portion of the service-wire 7 situated between the supporthereinafter described;

formed integral on the back face of the body 4, and said saddle is concaved or hollowed out in one direction to fit the reduced portion 9 of the insulator 2, and the same is held tightly to the insulator by the securing-wire 10, the ends of whichare passed around the re duced neck portion 9 of said insulator 2 and twisted tightly or knotted, as shown particularly in Fig. 3, or otherwise united to iirmly and securely hold said saddle in position.

A. lever-arm 11 is pivotally mounted on the top portion of the face of the body 4 by the screw 12, and beneath the pivotal end of said lever-arm is the ointed cam 13, which is formed integral wit said arm and has its engaging toe 14 when in en aging position situated to one sidethat is, t e side op osite the lever-arm 11 of the center of the motel pin 12. (See particularly Fig. l.) 13 being pivoted centrally and above the plane of the hooks 6 will when moved into engaging position cause said engaging toe 14 of the cam 13 to contact with and bend or kink the wire 7 to change the same from the position shown in dotted lines, to that shown in full lines, thereby edectually securing said wire 7 from a longitudinal movement.

A stop 15 is "formed integral on the arm 11, intermediate the pivotal pin and the end thereof, and the same is arranged to permit its bottom projecting edge to contact with the roundedtop edge portion 16 of the body 4 to prevent the lever-arm 11 descending so far as to perrmit its rounded end 17 contacting the service wire 7. The distance from the center of the pivot to the shoulder 15 being less than the distance from the cen 15 when the leverarm 11 is thrown over in the direction of the arrow 6 will contact with the top edge portion of the arm 5, thereby again preventing the end 17 of the lever-arm 11 contacting with the service-wire 7 on the opposite side. i

The binding-post 19 is situated on the rounded end 17 of the lever-arm 11, and the same is adapted to secure the top end portion oi the round-wire 20 to the rounded end 17 of the lever-arm 11. The ground-wire 20 is wrapped around theservice-wire 7 and terminates in the round reservoir or tank 21 which latter tan may be of any form of con- A saddle portion'8 proiects from and is 9 ter of sa1d pivot to the shoulder 18, the stop ing-hooks 6 unsupported for the purpose T e cam struction or material,

noedded in tile gronn i16 ground-Wire 20 1s point siightiy beneath :onnd.

18 manner of apply "'oWs: Thelever-z on shown in dot Q in - ole and places the service ire 7 in positi ii over one supporting-hooks '6 and rests thereon, as shown dotted lines. (See Fig. 1.) The lever- 11 is now revolve 3915 into th position shown in fuii lines in .0 the projectin pointed end of contacts 1 the service-Wire suppo tg-hooKs 6 to bend or his the same, predescribed, there! absoi" teiy preg iongitudinai the servon said su o'eo; on rot-Wire 2O betwet and s e service-Wire "orov de th of n'nt the ser ice i was agernent with Une o in 15 i ok to be dropped the reach of the person the Wires. oiear that by means rein orn said supporting-hooks out necessii the climbing of the pore to reach. said ce-Wire to adjust the same. "ie adjustment and tension, therefore, oi tilt? serve-Wire can be accomplished by one stand- 3 on the ground.

Having thus fully described this my invention, What I claim as new and usefui, and desire to cover by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is

1. a telephone-Whosecuring means, the combination with a cyiindricai insniator, 01" a teiegraph-Wire-seeuring means comprising a body portion, opposing norizontaiiy-extending wire supporting arms formed integrai on said body portion provided with hooked reoeiving supporting ends, a rer pivotaiiy mounted on said body portion intermediate the ends of said arms and provided with a a oonoave-zl to zi 'oos ng iiorli Liv Q snorting;

bottom en in in equality distant portion, a can:

portion hooks, and

11196. on said Wire situated between ea is bent or iii situ'" r of said body voted tne face of se 'e' and above r-arni and a kinking and eni iation semi-eataiiy extenoin vertical o saddie, outv t earn-e. osaddle sit s Wire-s ever 'orovi toe a stop 1 sseoy of said 7 from eon-tact "s; with said s ce- .W.

a teiepn OH@VT.iTS5ChL..11g me ns, iation i1 oyiindrieat insuiotor, on saic 7 or, horizont iiy extending opposing si "n a 7 lane formed integrai on said saddie, and outward 7 ro iecting Wire s ortine' nooins extending horn the outer end .iaoes said arms, of a coin-lever 5 lvoted on tile outer face of said saddie situated above and i ermediate said "a rire-suppo hooks, a on said iQ-YTGT provided Wit-i1 a kinking engaging toe, a stop, whereby o of said i V61 is prevented from contacting with said se ice-Wire, binding-screw on the end of said lever and a e to the ground-Wire connecting the of said ieyer and said servieewire. In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

RAGSDALE.

Vi itnesses TnoMPsoN FLORENCE Gmnnt. 

